2025 Next College Football Coach Fired Odds: Maryland's Mike Locksley Feels The Heat

By Bill Speros Nov 6th, 2025 12:10 PM EST

Oct 11, 2025; College Park, Maryland, USA; Maryland state and Maryland Terrapins school flags on display after a touchdown during the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at SECU Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images

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The 2025 Next College Football Coach Fired hot seat shifted to "fully engulfed" after Week 10.

Among the coaches dispatched this season: Sam Pittman (Arkansas), Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State), DeShaun Foster (UCLA), Brent Pry (Virginia Tech), James Franklin (Penn State), Billy Napier (Florida) and Hugh Freeze (Auburn).

Maryland's Mike Locksley displaces Wisconsin's Luke Fickell atop our 2025 Next College Football Coach Fired list entering Week 11.

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Next Coach Fired Candidates Far & Wide

Angry, angst-ridden, and agitated fan bases never stop the chatter about moving on from their current head coach. It doesn't matter if their favorite team loses to its biggest rival or gets crushed by its top intra-conference foes. Never mind whiff when it comes to college football betting odds.

Multiple big-name schools replaced their head coaches since Ohio State won the national championship in January. Meanwhile, thanks to NIL and the portal, rosters remain in constant churn.There are several teams whose coaches may still find themselves on our 2025 Next College Football Coach Fired as their teams struggle this season. 

Let’s take a look at our weekly 2025 Next College Football Coach Fired odds.

2025 CFB Next Coach Fired Odds

Here are our latest 2025 Next College Football Coach Fired odds in the First Power 4 College Football Coach (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, ACC) Fired during the 2025 season.

Power 4 teams only. Odds above have been created by Bookies.com Senior Handicapper Adam Thompson and do not reflect odds that may be available on legal betting apps.

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Names To Watch On The CFB Coaching Hot Seat In 2025

Mike Locksley, Maryland (+300)

Buzz: Mike Locksley and the Terps got shelled by Indiana at home 55-10 in Week 10. That blowout only stirred further discontent among an already discordant fan base. Maryland has yet to find a fit in the Big Ten and owns just 1 conference win this season. It's only a matter of time (or incentive) until Maryland moves on from another substandard coach.

Luke Fickell, Wisconsin (+350)

Buzz: Luke Fickell of Wisconsin held the top spot in our market last week before Auburn fired Hugh Freeze. The Glory Days in Madison remain fading memories. Fickell and the Badgers have yet to win a Big Ten game this season and stand just 2-6 overall. His four-year total in Madison now sits at 15-19 (.441).  Fickell's Badgers reached just one bowl game - the 2023 ReliaQuest Bowl - which Wisconsin lost to LSU, 35-3. For those keeping score at home, the team at CBS Sports has Fickell’s contract buyout at 80% of what’s left of his initial deal at UW, which would be $25 million if he’s fired at the end of the year,

Mark Stoops, Kentucky (+500)

Buzz: In the case of Mark Stoops, 13 years is a long time to stay at a given school, with the UK stalwart going from the high of leading the Wildcats to a bowl game in eight straight seasons from 2016 to 2023, before crashing to earth in a disastrous 4-8 campaign last fall and going 3-5 this season. In a season that has seen more and $1 billion in coaching buyouts, Stoops' deal fits right in. His deal with Kentucky, as Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated reports, is rumored to pay him $38 million if he gets the boot in 2025, which could impede any movement in Lexington this football season.  

BIll Belichick (+500)

Buzz: Bill Belichick's seat in Chapel Bill cooled significantly this week. The Tar Heels notched their first Power 4 conference victory during his regime Friday over Syracuse. They've also covered 3 weeks in a row, for those who care about such things.

Deion Sanders (+900)

Buzz: Coach Prime's Buffaloes come off back-to-back losses to Arizona and Utah in which they were outscored 105-24. Sanders continues to battle health issues, as well. The Buffs no longer carry the swagger and shine that put the program back on the map two years ago.

Who Else Could Go Next?  

Outside of the names mentioned above, a potential wild card name that could get axed next is Rich Rodriguez, who has gone 3-6 in his first year back at West Virginia, with four straight losses against teams like Kansas, Utah, BYU and UCF — ahead of an upset 45-35 win at Houston.

Per USA Today, Rodriguez’s buyout should he get canned by WVU in his first year back in town would be roughly $7.6 million, ranking 55th out of the 105 FBS programs surveyed by the national publication, though we’re still going with the former Michigan, Arizona and Jacksonville State head coach to be among the leaders in the next coach fired chase, at +800.  

When it comes to firing longshots, keep an eye on Clemson, as Dabo Swinney’s bunch has crashed and burned to a 3-5 record. It's latest loss: an angst-filled 46-45 defeat to Duke in Week 10.

Overall, we have Swinney as the next coach fired at +1200. The two-time CFP championship coach at Clemson holds a whopping $60 million buyout, per CBS Sports, potentially preventing the South Carolina institution from making any drastic decisions this season.  

Norvell’s future in Tallahassee appears set for this season, at least, as FSU AD Michael Alford told members of the media that the Seminoles would hold off on making any coaching moves until the regular season wraps up. Norvell's buyout stands at $55 million, per CBS Sports, putting him on the same financial footing as Swinney and Stoops, potentially buying him some time to figure things out in 2025 and beyond.  

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Bill Speros

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Bill Speros is an award-winning journalist and editor whose career includes stops at USA Today Sports Network / Golfweek, Cox Media, ESPN, Orlando Sentinel and Denver Post.

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